Keith Auld Cue

[MikeWooldridge]

it was around 5-6 years ago, same time i was pestering you with email question after calving out my first butterfly cue extendtion.
i spent best part of a day in his workshop. i was full of beans while watching an old frail man dripping from the nose in the winter taking me through some moves with two old cues i took down with we. i went down to look at his work, but because i had these cues and we had other thing to talk about have been around the same people/area in sw london in 80/90 so, i managed to turn in into more of a workshop
we went through most basic things at every work station, cus as you well know the quallity info you only get when your more than twelve cues in yourself. that is when you make a proper cue that aint turned..
anyway, looking back i saw someone who had the passion, who knew about wood, but through health, character or whatever reason struggled to finish things off.

our parting was me trying to obtain his cue making lathe a year later

i know nothing about how his cues play or his business practises

Fair comment, forgive me if I come across rude, that's just me, and the way a playa has to be. Oops, sorry, slipped into the the rap part of no diggity for a moment there 😄

Never mind, how come you never bought his lathe? I could do with another one of them little American lathes as a sanding station actually.

[j6uk]

Fair comment, forgive me if I come across rude, that's just me, and the way a playa has to be. Oops, sorry, slipped into the the rap part of no diggity for a moment there 😄
fair play, just showing my hand.. dont do on diggity, maybe you could past that up on the music thread

Never mind, how come you never bought his lathe? I could do with another one of them little American lathes as a sanding station actually.

the parts on those things look quite intricate and dosent look like it could last long in heavy sanding, though youd know better than me of its capabilities.
it was the full length one so i was quite keen at the time, this was before i had an idea how to leavel, maintain and sharpen the irons on a handplain so, glad it didnt workout cus going the lathe route i would of looked like a bit of a cock..
but reason was i was trying to get a better price, at the time he wanted same price as new and that kinda got to me
if hes still around he might give it to you for a song

[MikeWooldridge]

the parts on those things look quite intricate and dosent look like it could last long in heavy sanding, though youd know better than me of its capabilities.
it was the full length one so i was quite keen at the time, this was before i had an idea how to leavel, maintain and sharpen the irons on a handplain so, glad it didnt workout cus going the lathe route i would of looked like a bit of a cock..
but reason was i was trying to get a better price, at the time he wanted same price as new and that kinda got to me
if hes still around he might give it to you for a song

lol, sounds about right, mugging you off on price

you can get away with some light turning but mostly they're useful for ferrules and joint work, although you really need to know what you're doing if you're going to get joint work accurate cos they are a bit 'flimsy'.

ideal for sanding though, very small footprint and portable so they are a handy tool to have.

[j6uk]

lol, sounds about right, mugging you off on price
anyone who been involved in snooker for long enough should know how too handle a mugging, its the run of the ball

you can get away with some light turning but mostly they're useful for ferrules and joint work, although you really need to know what you're doing if you're going to get joint work accurate cos they are a bit 'flimsy'.

ideal for sanding though, very small footprint and portable so they are a handy tool to have.

they look very appealing, but its good to hear fist hand what they really do for snooker cue work without being coutomised
i see someone every now and then for only drilling and ferrule work whos got a 70mm pass type lathe, we have to work tandum on each shaft as i hold it center out back as it turns. yeti of a print.. so my shafts are well over before calving the cue out





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